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Canada Does an About Face

Accepted submission by frojack at 2015-10-20 05:03:48
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frojack [soylentnews.org] writes:

Canadians voted for a sweeping change in government Monday, giving Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau a majority to end the nearly 10-year rule of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Election returns showed Trudeau's Liberals winning a majority of the 338 seats in Parliament. With 85% of polls reporting, the Liberals either won or were leading in 185 seats. The party needed to win 170 seats for a majority government.

Trudeau, 43, the oldest son of the late prime minister Pierre, will become the second youngest prime minister in Canadian history.

The story is being carried by AOL [usatoday.com] and just about every major news outlet. There were some economic takes [bloomberg.com] on the election as well.

 

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